MD Advance program

MD ADVANCED program

It is a full time study program tailor-made especially for those university students from USA, Canada, Taiwan or American type universities in other countries, who completed the pre-medical programs and obtained at least the BSc degree.

The duration of the program – 4 years. MD Advanced program is a part of the 6- year program destined for the university/college graduates of the pre-medical studies with the BSc degree minimum. Students are transferred directly to the 3rd year of the medical program.

Program is based on requirements which are obligatory for the Polish medical higher education institutions and is adequate to EU standards

Intake: once a year, in Fall

Program consists of:

1st and 2nd years – basic knowledge – learning achievements transferred from the previous pre-medical education, especially in the prerequisite subjects as described in the admission requirements for the Advanced MD program.

Length of the 3rst academic year: October – June
Following years: September- July
Degree awarded: LEKARZ (MD)

To obtain qualification of a doctor of medicine (LEKARZ) and get the right to practice medicine in Poland the graduate should p and pass the Physicians Final Examination, called LEK ( Lekarski Egzamin Końcowy), which is also conducted in English and complete one year of an internship.

A certificate confirming the passing of this exam is also listed in point 5.1.1 of Annex V to Directive 2005/36/EC as a certificate accompanying the Polish medical diploma.

INTERNSHIP – The Polish Senate has accepted the legislative draft on restoring a one year POST GRADUATE MEDICAL/DENTAL INTERNSHIP. The Act on the postgraduate internship enters into force starting January 1st, 2017

For further information concerning internship in Poland and LEK the graduates should refer to the Polish Chamber of Physician and Dentists (http://www.nil.org.pl/english) or to the respective Regional Chambers (Okręgowa Izba Lekarska)

All graduates, who completed the studies in Englishand want to apply for the postgraduate internship in Poland have to pass the exam of Polish language conducted by the Polish Chamber of Physician and Dentists. It is obligatory for all graduates including Polish and EU citizens.

A fee is required for any certification issued by the Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists upon the request of the holder of the MD or DMD degree concerning the procedure of recognition of the MD or DMD qualifications in the EU countries.

The fee for one certificate is calculated as the 3% of the minimal salary in Poland in the year of the certificate issue. In 2016 it is 55.50 PLN

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The Medical University of Lodz is one of the largest medical universities in Poland. Its tradition goes back to the 1940s. We educate future doctors and specialists in medical sciences and medicine-related fields. Presently over 770 foreign students from various countries attend medical and dental programs taught entirely in English. Our Dentistry Teaching Centre and the newly open Medical Simulation Center implement the world educational standards and represent the highest level of innovation in the medical education.